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The word that's been doing the rounds, apparently from "high up figures" is psychopath. Which was what I labeled him as more than 14 years ago.

Not the axe-wielding violent Norman Bates stereotype, you understand. There are hard-nosed businessmen in the world who can turn a deal at another's expense by bending the rules a bit and savour the victory, but to cynically exploit people who are actively trying to help you, takes a complete lack of shame, empathy or understanding of right and wrong that strays into the territory of a psychopath.

People acting in good faith, acting altruistically for the good of the Amiga platform or cooperatively with others within it, have always been Ben's preferred victims and devoured with an avid eagerness. For most people, even if they absolutely had to shaft someone over to survive, would probably feel terrible about and be wracked by their conscience until the end of their days. Not the psychopath. To you, the day they came and razed your village was the biggest day in your life. For them, it was Tuesday.